My Mother — Page 25
Spiritual Haven 25 very high spirituality. He was now studying the Movement ear- nestly, had become a regular subscriber to the weekly Al-Hakam and started attending the daily lesson of the Holy Quran given by Maulvi Abdul Karim, an eminent disciple and devoted compan- ion of the Promised Messiah. He had at no time been opposed to the Movement, but he possessed a deliberate temperament and made up his mind after careful and deep reflection. By that time ’s father and brother had joined the Movement, but she herself had little knowledge of it. Then, in the spring and summer of 1904, she saw a series of dreams which affected her deeply. Some of these may be described briefly. She saw that there was a great bustle in the street. People dressed in their best were all moving in the same direction. She understood they were going to watch a sublime show. She said to her husband, ‘Let us also go in our carriage. ’ He agreed, and while they were on their way, Chaudhri Muhammad Amin, a brother lawyer, called out to him from his house and he fell back to meet him. She went alone to a wide plain where people were gather- ing. It was a tremendous crowd, some people were clinging to the branches of trees. There was an open space in the middle, over which was sus- pended a sort of covered cradle from ropes that reached into heaven. She felt there was a presence in the cradle which was not visible. On one side of the plain there was a gallery with seats, two of which were vacant. She went and occupied one of them and safe-guarded the other for her husband, who she expected would soon join her. Presently the cradle began to swing from east to west and back, and a light issued from it. As the swinging of the cradle gathered force the light shone ever more brightly. In whichever